News archive for 28th April 2017

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Primary school head and deputy quit over 'bland and joyless' curriculum - Guardian Apprenticeship funding and performance management rules 2017 to 2018 - FE News Apprenticeships: common funding rules - FE News A third of schools in England are underfunded by more than £1m - Guardian Principals’ pay checks, apprenticeship 101 and an FE bromance – the TES Further podcast - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ireland: The school that plays dance music at playtime - BBC Surrey students offered meningitis B jab after undergraduate's death - Guardian Oxford University apologises after being accused of calling people with autism ‘racist’ - Huffington Post Don’t allow this to be known as the missed opportunity of the Apprenticeship Levy. - FE News Ofsted watch: Concern over weak governance at Manchester provider - FE Week Technical and Further Education Act becomes law - Times Educational Supplement | TES May update: 2017 Teacher Polling and Sutton Scholars - Sutton Trust Newsletter Election ‘highly likely’ to delay national funding formula, NAHT warns - Schools Week Levy launch overshadowed by horror story - FE Week Blair’s legacy, pensions and primary testing – the Tes podcast - Times Educational Supplement | TES Election could delay school funding reforms by a year, union warns - Times Educational Supplement | TES Why banning David Irving books from university libraries would achieve little | Keith Kahn-Harris - Guardian ‘Golden hello’ maths teacher recruitment drive flops - FE Week Scotland’s space sector lifts off thanks to funding boost - Scotsman Headteachers reject idea of boycotting Sats - Times Educational Supplement | TES A letter to students - Huffington Post Oxford University sorry for eye contact racism claim - BBC Information for schools and sixth-form colleges about the outcome of the Condition Improvement Fund (CIF) 2017 to 2018 round - FE News Students selected for Team UK Abu Dhabi - FE News South-east triumphant at AoC sport championships - FE Week Universities given permission to increase tuition fees every year - Independent Parliamentary Group launches report on how well schools prepare young people for their future careers - FE News Crisis deepens as learners drop at two thirds of UTCs - FE Week Teen’s heart-rending message about new GCSE grades exposes ‘ridiculous’ pressure pupils are under - Huffington Post University tuition fees to increase year on year until 2020 as government passes new legislation - Huffington Post If you're aged 16-34, share your thoughts on the general election - Guardian Government's 3 million Apprenticeships target under threat after devastating cuts to SMEs' apprenticeship funding - FE News Policy Tracker – Keeping track of what happened in the world of education in April 2017 - Pearson Why the delay for Learndirect inspection report? - FE Week ‘Inspirational’ teacher in Wales honoured by Oxford University - Wales Online University leaders have sent a direct plea to EU chiefs over Brexit - Wales Online Why headteachers leave – six new research findings - Times Educational Supplement | TES In the news: 28 April 2017 - UCU Day 1 - Annual Conference roundup - NAHT The school funding crisis – June 8 is a tipping point for education - NAHT Anne Lyons’ conference speech 2017 - NAHT Higher Education and Research Bill: Commons stages - UK Parliament Technical and Further Education Bill: Commons stages - UK Parliament Apprenticeship funding and performance management rules 2017 to 2018 - Education & Skills Funding Agency Independent special schools and colleges - DfE Apprenticeships: common funding rules - Education & Skills Funding Agency Teachers and pupils need greater protection from asbestos - NASUWT Independent and state school partnerships reach new high - ISC Census 2017 - Independent Schools Council | ISC 3 million Apprenticeships target under threat after massive government funding cuts - AELP AELP writes to Secretary of State on non-levy apprenticeship allocations - AELP What we learnt at the the HEPI Policy Briefing Day - HEPI Headteacher retention a growing concern, according to new research - NFER Pressure on heads comes from punitive accountability system - ASCL Daryl Teague: We must act to avoid construction skills drain - Scotsman People in higher education: Mary Curnock Cook - Wonkhe Education funding to be dwarfed by pensions bill - Times Educational Supplement | TES “Uneasy peace” breaks out as heads back proposed Sats reforms - Times Educational Supplement | TES Striking the right deal: UK–EU migration and the Brexit negotiations - IPPR National Citizen Service achieves statutory status - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Policy Eye - Highlights of week ending Friday 28 April 2017 - Pearson Girls downplay their maths ability – even when they're as good as the boys - Times Educational Supplement | TES The academy chains given £10m ‘northern powerhouse’ cash – but failed to help any schools - Schools Week Ofsted removes date from new ‘good’ logo – but why? - Schools Week Election disrupts free school funding agreements - Schools Week Reflecting on Gopnik's play being "an act of spontaneous exuberance" - Early Education Just a third of providers have signed up to Tax-Free Childcare - Nursery World Daily roundup 28 April: Activity, private parts, and school funding - CYPN | Children & Young People Now School cutbacks put 'education system at risk' - BBC Leap up and down and wave your jazz hands in the air: Richard Littlejohn on the barmy student politicians at the NUS conference - Mail 'Schools are in jeopardy': teachers renew funding plea in run-up to polls - Guardian Team UK selected for WorldSkills 2017 in Abu Dhabi - FE Week AELP raise concerns over ESFA non-levy apprenticeship allocations - FE News Britain faces headteacher crisis as new research reveals school leaders are leaving profession in droves - Telegraph Think tank warns direct pupil funding scheme 'undermined’ by ministers - Herald Scotland Low ratings for grammar-sponsored academies - Schools Week Private school fees rise again, and 3 more ISC census findings - Schools Week Heads leave large multi-academy trusts faster than other school types - Schools Week Brexit must protect science or risk £800m research cash, ministers told - Times Hit internet giants over child safety - Times NAHT: Government has 'Poundstretcher' ambition for education - Times Educational Supplement | TES Speed and fluency 'as important as accuracy' for good writing, finds research - Times Educational Supplement | TES £69m – the bill for 10 years of Glow school intranet - Times Educational Supplement | TES Pupil numbers at British independent 'franchises' rocket – overtaking the number sent to board in the UK from overseas - Times Educational Supplement | TES Highland school to shut for four days after it has become riddled with fleas - Express Colleges spend more on principal pay while staff face pay freeze - Times Educational Supplement | TES Members of WorldSkills Team UK unveiled - Times Educational Supplement | TES